Basket-ball goal



July-2s, 1925.

c. A. FURTAW BASKET BALL GOAL Fil ed Jan. 2, 1925 Elna-l- Patented July28, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BASKET-BALL GOAL.

Application filed January 2, 1925. Serial No. 232.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES A. FURTAW, a citizen of the United States,residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Basket-Ball Goals; and Ido declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled 1n the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

My invent-ion aims to provide an extremely simple and inexpensive goalfor use in playing basket ball, said goal being of new and improvedconstruction in which all parts are electrically welded or otherwisewelded together, so that they become a rigid unltary structure whichcannot be broken and will not interfere with proper rolling of the ballfrom the rim of the goal, due to the absence of braces at opposite sidesof said rim.

With the foregoing in view, the invention resides in the novel subjectmatter hereinafter described and claimed, the description beingsupplemented by the accompanying drawing.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a goal constructed in accordance withmy invention.

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view.

Figure 3 is a detail horizontal sectional view as indicated by line 33of Fig. 2.

In the drawing above briefly described, the numeral 1 designates avertical metal bar adapted to be secured to a vertical support, forwhich purpose it is provided with openings 2, to receive appropriatefasteners. Extending across the upper portion of the bar 1 and alsoadapted to be secured to the vertical support, is a horizontal bar 3whose central portion is welded as indicated at 4, to said vertical bar.The central portion of the bar 8 is preferably laterally offset asindicated at 5, to receive the bar 1 and permit the rear sides of thesebars to lie in the same plane for flat contact with the support. A shorthorizontal arm 6 projects from the crossing point of the bars 1 and 3and is disposed at right angles to the plane of said bars, the inner endof the arm 6 being welded at 7 to the offset portion 5 of the bar 3,while the outer end of said arm 6 is similarly welded at 8 to ahorizontal ring 9, from which the usual net 10 may depend. The arm 6 ispreferably formed of a short piece of piping, and the ring 9 may beformed of the same material, the welding 8 serving not only to join thering and the arm, but acting also to connect the ends of thering-forming pipe.

An inclined brace 11 preferably formed of piping, is welded at its upperend to the ring 9 and arm 6, as indicated at 12, and the lower end ofsaid brace is similarly Igvelded at 13 to the lower portion of the Byemploying the novel construction shown and described, a rigid one-piecegoal is provided which cannot by any possibility be broken or bent inthe ordinary playing of a game. Moreover, there are no lateralprojections or braces disposed at such points on the rim of the goal asto interfere with proper rolling of the ball. Another advantageouscharacteristic is that the device may be easily and inexpensivelymanufactured and may hence be sold at a reasonable price.

As excellent results may be obtained from the details disclosed, theymay well be followed, but within the scope of the invention as claimed,minor changes may of course be made.

I claim A basket ball goal comprising a vertical bar adapted to besecured to a vertical support, a horizontal bar crossing the upperportion of said vertical bar and welded at its center thereto, saidhorizontal bar being also adapted for anchorage to the support, a shorthorizontal arm welded to one of the aforesaid bars at the crossing pointof said bars and projecting at right anglesfrom the plane of said bars,a continuous horizontal ring welded to the outer end of said arm, and aninclined .brace whose upper end is welded to the arm' and ring at thepoint of connection between said arm and ring, the lower end of saidbrace being welded to said vertical bar.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my signature.

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